2024-03-11 04:33:33
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From Billie Eilish to Ramy Youssef – the Oscars reflect the Gaza war
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Because of the protests in Hollywood, some stars arrived late to Oscar night
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Protesters clashed with police on Hollywood Boulevard, but there was more subtle criticism on the red carpet. The clearest statement came from Briton Jonathan Glazer, whose Auschwitz film “The Zone of Interest” was named best international film.
Three separate demonstrations in the streets around the Dolby Theater commemorated the war in Gaza at the Oscars. Cars honked, a helicopter watched the scene from above, and police in riot gear marched. The main demand of the protesters: an immediate ceasefire. As a result, some guests at the Oscar ceremony arrived late.
On the red carpet, singer Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas O’Connell, as well as Mark Ruffalo and Ava DuVernay wore red pins to call for a ceasefire. The star of the film “Poor Things”, the US comedian Ramy Youssef, also called for an end to the fighting. The Best Animated Short Film winners spread an anti-war message from the stage.
Protesters are said to have attempted to break through a fence securing the Dolby Theater
Quelle: picture alliance/dpa/AP/Etienne Laurent
The British director Jonathan Glazer, whose Auschwitz film “The Zone of Interest” won the Oscar for best international film, was the most outspoken.
During the acceptance speech he said literally: “We stand here as people who refuse to let their Jewish identity and the Holocaust be hijacked by an occupation that has led to conflict for so many innocent people – be they the victims of October 7th in Israel or the ongoing attack on Gaza. How can we resist this?”
Glazer’s speech and calls for a ceasefire received strong applause from the audience. As with the closing gala of the Berlinale, there was no reaction from the organizers, such as host Jimmy Kimmel.
US singer Billie Eilish
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The war in Ukraine was also remembered during the gala. The work “20 Days in Mariupol” won the Oscar for best documentary film. The film by Mstyslaw Chernow, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath documents the experiences of AP journalists during around three weeks in the Ukrainian port city when it was besieged by Russian forces in early 2022. “I cannot change history,” Chernov said in his acceptance speech.
“I can’t change the past. But all of us together…some of you some of the most talented people in the world, we can ensure that history is recorded correctly and that the truth prevails and that the people of Mariupol and those who sacrificed their lives are never forgotten .”
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